Overmatched Euros 'need a couple miracles' to keep Ryder Cup
All European captain Padraig Harrington can do at this point is post the lineup card, recite a few lines from Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech, wave his guys on their way Sunday morning and then pray. Harrington knocked that first task off his to-do list late Saturday, predictably front-loading his lineup in a desperate bid to gain momentum and then somehow sustain it through the dozen singles matches. The Europeans trail captain Steve Stricker’s young and hungry U.S. squad 11-5, and no team has ever come back from a deficit of more than four points.
All European captain Padraig Harrington can do at this point is post the lineup card, recite a few lines from Winston Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches” speech, wave his guys on their way Sunday morning and then pray. Harrington knocked that first task off his to-do list late Saturday, predictably front-loading his lineup in a desperate bid to gain momentum and then somehow sustain it through the dozen singles matches. The Europeans trail captain Steve Stricker’s young and hungry U.S. squad 11-5, and no team has ever come back from a deficit of more than four points.
